Goat Barn Part 2 - It’s under roof
by chris - November 5th, 2009.Filed under: Uncategorized.
We’ve spent most of the last couple weekends working on the goat barn. Last weekend we got the roof installed and shingled. The next thing to do is install the girts on the walls and then install the siding. We’re going to use T1-11 plywood siding which is pretty common on utility buildings like this. Here are a few photos:
This shot shows the roof framing. I notched the posts to accept a 2x12 beam at the top. The 2x6 roof rafters rest on the beam and right now are just toenailed in place. Eventually I will install hurricane straps to keep the roof from lifting off in case of very strong winds.
Here we've just finished installing the OSB sheathing. The tall side of the barn is about 15 feet off the ground which seems quite high standing next to it. The reason for this design is so we can add another mirrored half to the building later and double the width.
Here's a shot of us shingling the roof. It looked like this for most of the day on Sunday. We went through 11 bundles of shingles and 5 lbs of roofing nails.
And here's the result of our work. It was getting dark when we finished so I couldn't get a very good pic. We just used basic 3-tab black asphalt singles. Nothing fancy, it's a goat barn after all.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Looks great. Helluva lot of work!
Old Guy